Well, let me start out by saying thatthis crawler project was extremely fun and motivating in the least. I went into this project with no experience with crawlers and learned alot from everyone on the forum. As I am not finished with the desire to build a supreme Crawler built with ideas from outside of the Xmod box, I must admit defeat on this first attempt. But that's how we learn and move on to do better things.
Never give up and if you have an idea.. go with it, don't worry about failing. You have to crack some eggs to make an omlette.